All Obesity articles – Page 25
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NewsMedia Bites 23 May: Food inflation, junk food, alcohol health warnings
The papers continue to focus on the ongoing issue of soaring food prices, while Ireland to label alcoholic drinks with cigarette-style health warnings.
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Analysis & FeaturesWomen’s power list: the 10 making manufacturing a woman’s world
These are the 10 women blazing a trail to take over grocery manufacturing
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NewsMedia Bites 19 May: Asda, Riverford, Consumer confidence
Asda has been accused of using ’fire and rehire’ threats to reduce pay for 7,000 staff as it restructures the business
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Category ReportHas HFSS made snacking more virtuous? Healthy snacking category report 2023
Seven months after the implementation of HFSS rules to cut sales of unhealthy food, how has snack merchandising changed?
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ReportsHow HFSS rules are inspiring kids’ snacks
British children have a weight problem. By the time they get to primary school, 22.1% are either obese or overweight
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NewsMedia Bites 4 May: Unilever, food inflation, Haleon
Shareholders have staged a revolt against Unilever’s pay for bosses over concerns about excessive rewards
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Comment & OpinionLess-than-shocking Which? research into c-stores is a sign of the times
Which? and the Food Foundation’s pricing calls may resonate with the public, even if their findings are based on less-than-robust calculations
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NewsMedia Bites 11 April: Tesco, Poundstretcher, Love Hemp, Unilever
Tesco is in focus as the supermarket giant gets set to publish its annual financial results on Thursday.
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Comment & OpinionWhy retailers are ‘leanwashing’ on sugar reduction
Nine of the 10 biggest supermarkets have no policy to measure total sugar sales, says Hattie Burt, senior policy & international projects officer at Action on Sugar
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Comment & OpinionIf the government is serious about fighting obesity, it must support SMEs
Grants for SMEs may lack the big soundbite potential, but they could actually get some results
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Comment & OpinionWhy tackling obesity is about far more than cutting salt and sugar
Food and drink is the UK’s largest manufacturing sector, and filling kitchen cupboards up and down the country rightly comes with responsibilities, says Kate Halliwell, chief scientific officer at the Food & Drink Federation
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NewsSmaller suppliers falling behind in HFSS reformulation
New figures compiled by Kantar for the FDF shows an increasing gulf between the UK’s food giants and those that make up the long tail of UK companies
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Comment & OpinionRavenous: Henry Dimbleby pulls no punches about policy in food tsar tell-all
Henry Dimbleby’s latest book must be one of the most exhaustively researched works of all time
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ReportsCan keto snacks defy the HFSS regulations?
Keto snack bars typically contain next to no carbs or sugar but around 25% fat
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NewsHealth tsar Henry Dimbleby quits slamming ‘shocking’ obesity
Dimbleby accused ministers of abandoning its plans for health after the departure of former PM Boris Johnson
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NewsM&S chief says spring budget should pause incoming regulation for retail
‘We would ask for no further legislative burden acting as a drag on business from unnecessary taxes or regulation,’ said Machin
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Comment & OpinionFour of five food giants are over-reliant on unhealthy lines. Now is the time for change
Global food manufacturers should be forced to disclose what proportion of their sales can be classed as ‘healthier’, says Sonia Pombo, nutritionist at World Action on Salt, Sugar & Health (WASSH)
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NewsChild food poverty: supermarkets slammed over lack of ‘meaningful’ action
Food Foundation is calling for discounted fruit & veg ranges, promotions on bread and milk, and reduced prices for the healthiest ranges of products
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Comment & OpinionWhy small reformulations can make a big difference on obesity
Obesity costs the UK an estimated £54bn every year – we need bold and ambitious action to tackle this problem, says Lauren Bowes Byatt, deputy director of A Healthy Life at Nesta
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Analysis & FeaturesExplained: the Food Data Transparency Partnership and how it works
New body could set the agenda in food and drink for years to come